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Entries Tagged as 'Diaries'

Women’s Health Diary TV campaign

November 17th, 2008 · No Comments

The Australian Women’s Health Diary TV campaign is paying off. I saw one customer buy the diary on the weekend because of it. She came in to buy a magazine, saw the diary at the counter and mentioned the TV ad. While allocating counter space is a challenge, The Australian Women’s Health […]

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Tags: Diaries · retail

Going early with diaries

September 28th, 2008 · No Comments

We have had diaries out for just over two weeks and sales have been fantastic - $2,600 at Forest Hill. Considering that we did not put diaries out last year until mid October, we are happy to already be ahead. Watching customer behaviour shows that the diary purchase at this time of the […]

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Magazine diaries as impulse items

September 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We are promoting magazine branded diaries as an impulse item at the counter in the slim spinner shown in the photo. In the past we have promoted these in our regular diary section. The idea behind the counter pitch is that customers buying the related magazines are more likely to buy a sister […]

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2009 desk calendars selling well

September 5th, 2008 · No Comments

We placed a stack of 2009 desk calendar blocks at the counter, next to our good selling Angel Flames candles, several weeks ago.  Sales have been excellent.  Our price is $2.00.  While others will be cheaper, at this price point we are not finding any resistance - people are happy to have got one while […]

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Tags: Calendars · Diaries

2009 recycled paper diaries

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The Enviro range from Debden is the other 2009 diary range of note we have in store right now. Produced on recycled paper, this range is fashionable and sustainable. As with my previous post, it will be important for us to ensure that our teams know about the back story for these diaries.
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Tags: Diaries · Environment · Social responsibility

Carbon neutral diaries

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

I am pleased we have the Debden Kyoto range of diaries in stock. These carbon neutral 2009 diaries will appeal to our customers. That we have them in-stock demonstrates that we have taken care to offer an environmentally friendly product. Printed on recycled paper, these diaries are sure to be a hit […]

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Tags: Diaries · Environment · Social responsibility